[GNC] Backup

[Maf. King]

Hi James,

I'm Maf, not David, and I can't tell you that from here.

I would suggest that on a philosophical level, if you don't *know* that your 
back-up strategy is working (and you can recover files from it at will), then 
it might be time to rethink your strategy.

good luck,
Maf.

On Wednesday, 28 June 2023 11:49:46 BST you wrote:
> David You are not tell me if the backup is working or not.
> ThanksJames Baxter Kangaroo52 at yahoo.com 
> 
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
> 
>   On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 3:35 AM, Maf. King<maf at chilwell.net> wrote:   On 
Wednesday, 28 June 2023 00:46:45 BST James Baxter via gnucash-user wrote:
> > I have a backup drive. I have looked over it and I don't see it. Does
> > Gnucash have a backup. Or what. ThanksJames Baxter Kangaroo52 at yahoo.com
> 
> Hi James.
> 
> If you are using the default  XML file to store your GC data, then it is
> possible to have GC set up in a way so that the *program* creates a sort of
> back-up file each time you save the changes you have made to the *Data*
> file.  (I think GC does this by default, if you don't explicitly tell GC
> not to in the program options)
> 
> May I ask a related (rhetorical) question?
> 
> How do you back up your other *data* files?  (ie your photos, letters you
> have written in a wordprocessor, for example)
> 
> If those things are important to you, then you really should devise a system
> you are comfortable with so that your important digital assets can survive
> a range of threats - from minor disk errors thru ransomware or hardware
> failure up to catastrophies like fire, flood etc.  There is lots of info on
> the web about how to do this and there is no correct answer that is right
> for everyone... and it is not on-topic for this list...
> 
>  Just (as a minimum) include your GC data file in that backup strategy you
> devise.... if you don't know where you have saved your GC data file, then
> that is the first thing you need to figure out (hints: look at the main
> window title bar for the filename and File -> SaveAs for the folder (but
> don't actually "Save"!)) before you consider if the file is backed up
> adequately or not...
> 
> HTH,
> Maf.